Custom Settings Installer

[Guest beersoft]

Here is another little app that needed making

custom settings.exe - copies files from storage cardsettings to windows

usefull if you want to change windows files on boot, or use midnights fine custom settings in the control pannel

copy exe file to storagewindowsstartup or ipsmwindowsstartup (depending on the flavor of smartphone)

make a folder on the sd card called settings (all lowercase)

copy what you want to be in the windows folder after the phone boots in the settings folder

reboot

think "gosh, that beersoft is a clever chap"

later

Owen

custom settings.exe

[Guest Jakob]

Thanks Mr. Beer 8)

[Guest nedge2k]

/me bursts beery's bubble...

http://www.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=1119...1937&highlight=

[Guest beersoft]

/.me ignores nedges prior art, and still thinks his program rocks (and it works, on all smartphones, with all file types)

later

Owen

[Guest BrAGoL]

/.me ignores nedges prior art, and still thinks his program rocks (and it works, on all smartphones, with all file types)

later

Owen

really on "all smartphones"?

like E100? :roll:

[Guest beersoft]

yep

all smartphone, i haven't tested it as such, but the app will run on all phones because its done in evc2002, and im too lazy to learn .net

later

Owen

[Guest crafty]

cheers beery, but not working for me :lol: I was trying to use this to overwrite Homescreen_MenuF.bmh and Homescreen_MenuS.bmh (As per this thread about customising the abaxia plugin) but with no luck. I'm not sure whats going on cus i also tried putting a blank wav in the settings folder called default.wav, restarted and still had the annoying ding, so guess it's not working for me on my non-updated C500.

[Guest beersoft]

its because some files are flagged as read only, so i might have to do some code for that :S

i'll magic some better code later to make it work

later

Owen

[Guest yoos]

nice one!!

[Guest crafty]

any luck in getting this to replace system files beery? Happy to be a beta tester of any new versions :)

[Guest beersoft]

ok, im getting stucker and stucker

i thought "i know, lets make it do some logging and see what its upto"

stuck some loging in and

get this

copying windowsclock.cpl.xml

failed with error 5: (null)

copied error windowsclock.cpl.xml 

manualy coped 0 

copying windowserror.txt

ok windowserror.txt

an according to msdn error code 5 is "buggeroffandstoptryingtocopythatfileyoubugger" or access denied

if anyone thinks of a clever way round this let me know

later

Owen

"tried alsorts, even byte by byte basic file io and it still don't work"

custom settings.exe

[Guest nedge2k]

You could try the command "$nothingtoseehereimjustplayingwithyourromtakenonoticeohlooktheresadonkey"

Works for me :)

[Guest looeee]

dunno if this helps but...

I wrote one of these apps too, for the same reasons, ages ago for my original spv

I found that i had to put in a 10 second delay at boot-time while the sd card got initialised

what phone/OS are you testing it on?

looeee

[Guest beersoft]

its not the program not being able to find the files on the sd card, its the os saying "bog off" when you try and overwrite a system/rom attributed file

later

Owen

[Guest nedge2k]

He's got a point beery...i have to run the app after the phone has booted coz it wont copy otherwise. Works fine after that :)

[Guest SCIZZORS]

please forgive me im a little lost..can you give some examples of what to put in the settings folder?? like maybe if i wanted to change the startup screens permanently? (without screenchanger)

or other examples?

[Guest madu]

error.txt > No files found.

What I did:

1. Copy custom settings.exe to \IPSM\Windows\Start Up\

2. Create a folder \Storage Card\settings

(that is: \settings folder on SD card)

3. Copy clock.cpl.xml to \Storage Card\settings\

4. Reboot phone.

5. Read error.txt on my phone :((

Also tried \IPSM\settings folder and also 2 files in settings folder - xml & exe.....

So where is my problem?